Paris places

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We visited Paris recently during Paris Fashion Week, to show at WOMAN show. The MAN / WOMAN shows are held in an amazing building (originally a hot air balloon factory), on Rue Yves Toudic, near Canal St. Martin.

We love staying in the area, so here’s a mini guide to a few favourites…..

At the other side of the canal is interior shop COLONELopened in 2012 by Isabelle Gilles and Yann Poncelet who make their own products – lighting and the mirror frames shown here, they also sell other brands, such as HAY furniture and moroccan boucherouite rugs.

Jo always makes a pilgrimage to her favourite shop in Paris – E.Dehellerin which sells kitchen tools and cookware. Its a short journey away from our base in the 10th, in Les Halles. The business dates from 1820. Even if your not into cooking, the shop is worth a visit just to have a look at the amazing displays of shiny things!

Lastly, we must urge you to go to Le Comptoir General – “an art museum dedicated to ghetto culture, especially in Africa.”A cavernous space with many areas including a bar, an outdoor garden, record shop and a library… oh and an area called Le Cabinet de Sorcellerie – an installation of old cabinets full of hand crafted oddities reminiscent of witchcraft and sorcery. The photo above was taken in the ballroom, where there is a display of beautiful hand painted barbershop signs.